Their fling was exposed after months of secret liaisons, prompting fury from first love Miha, and a furious backlash from the show’s fans, who called her a maneater.

A source said: “Nadiya gained a reputation and endured all sorts of name-calling. There were lots of rumours of flings.

“She’s fiery, passionate and stunningly sexy. Men just couldn’t help falling for her, and she couldn’t restrain herself either. She’s a sexually charged, passionate woman. She approaches her love life the way she approaches the dance floor.”

As she later said: “Manhood is very closely connected with dance, both of which require the art of performance and a suitable appearance.”

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The dancer has posed for Playboy before

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Nadiya was born in Ukraine and moved to Slovenia when she was 15

In a second interview, she added: “I expect, above all, that my man is my favourite in the world.

“He accepts me as I am, and he is ready to do everything for us.”

Or as one local media report put it rather more directly: “She is not only wild and physically expressive on the dance floor, but also inside the four walls of her home with her lover.”

By 2012 she was dating Jan Plestenjak, a guitarist and singer famous in her home country, now 44 and 16 years her senior, amid rumours she had secretly dated him years earlier when she was just 18.

But a year later Nadiya married Russian dancer Sergey Konovaltsev after a 12-month relationship — and a very public proposal on his knees as she collected an award.

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The BBC said Nadiya was picked for her ‘outstanding credentials'Credit: BackGrid

Later Nadiya revealed she had previously turned him down but was stunned by his public display of affection and impulsively accepted, gushing: “I think I’ve found everything.”

But later she said: “I was in such a state that I did not think too much and, for the first time in my life, responded so spontaneously.

“I still don’t know what happened to me because I’ve never done anything like that. That’s when I was led by intuition, but I’m still wondering why I accepted.”

Not surprisingly, in 2015 the marriage collapsed amid rumours of infidelity. Nadiya found comfort with entrepreneur Anzet Cerin, then 29, who gave her his shoulder to cry on — quickly sparking a new, short-lived fling.

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She left her long-term boyfriend for her celebrity partner on a Slovenian dance showCredit: Zurnal24, EAST2WEST NEWS

Furious Sergey will no longer even discuss his former wife.

As she removed her wedding ring, Anzet is reported to have told her: “Since I met you, there’s no one worth thinking about.”

But within months it was over, and a year later Nadiya fell for her current partner, Slovenian footballer Matija Skarabot, with whom she has a young daughter.

During the pregnancy she wrote a passionate and emotive letter to first love Miha. They had continued dancing together, despite her flings, but now it was time to part company.